Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Value

Value An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.

Theme

Theme a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.

Table Style

Table Style A set of formatting options, such as font, border style, and row banding, that are applied to a table. The regions of a table, such as the header row, header column, and data area, can be variously formatted

Statistical Functions

Statistical Functions to retrieve a combination of some set of values, but I don't know how to implement it in excel...maybe it is possible using a macro

Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet are computer programs that let you create and manipulate spreadsheets electronically

Split

Split To divide, as for convenience or proper ordering

SmartArt

SmartArt is a feature first introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. SmartArt was designed to create simple and effective diagrams, organization charts or flow charts with many more options than in past versions of the Office programs.

Sheet Tab

Sheet Tab appears at the bottom of your worksheet. It has the name of the worksheet on it, which can be changed and you can also change its colour

Row Heading

Row Heading  is the grayish - colored column containing the numbers used to identify each row in the worksheet

Row

Row a single, implicitly structured data item in a table.

Relative Cell References

Relative Cell References reference identifies the location of a cell or group of cells.

Range

Range Extent of perception, knowledge, experience, or ability.

Order of Evaluation

Order of Evaluation If an operator does, we mention that fact in its description below. In the absence of such a guarantee, the compiler may rearrange calculations within a single expression as it wishes, if the result would be unchanged ignoring any possible side effects.

Operator

Operator a function, especially one transforming a function, set,etc., into another

Operand

Operand The quantity on which an operation is to be done

Mixed Cell Reference

Mixed Cell Reference In Excel cell references are used in formulas, functions, charts, and other Excel commands.

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel Software developed and manufactured by Microsoft Corporation that allows users to organize, format, and calculate data with formulas using a spreadsheet system broken up by rows and columns.

Mathematical Functions

Mathematical Functions In mathematics, a function is a relation between a given set of elements called the domain and a set of elements called the codomain. The function associates each element in the domain with exactly one element in the codomain

Macro

Macro A single, user-defined command that is part of an application and executes a series of commands

Header Row

Header Row is the grayish - colored column containing the numbers used to identify each row in the worksheet.

Grid

Grid Something resembling a framework of crisscrossed parallel bars, as in rigidity or organization

Graph


Graph A diagram that exhibits a relationship, often functional, between two sets of numbers as a set of points having coordinates determined by the relationship.

Funtion Formula

Function Formula tells Excel what calculation to perform. The arguments are contained inside round brackets.

Freeze

Freeze to stop suddenly and remain motionless; halt

Formula

Formula a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to befollowed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.

Filter

Filter any device, as a tank or tubecontaining such a substance for filtering

Embedded Chart

Embedded Chart is a chart that is drawn on the same worksheet as the data

Complex Formulas

Complex Formulas are used to produce useful working spreadsheets.

Column Heading

Column Heading A standard Windows control that can be used to provide interactive column titles for a list.

Column

Column A vertical division of a page or text

Chart

Chart can represent tabular numeric data, functions or some kinds of qualitative structures

Cell Style

Cell Style is a defined set of formatting characteristics, such as fonts and font sizes, number formats, cell borders, and cell shading

Cell Reference

Cell Reference The column number and the row letter of a cell

Auto Fill

Auto Fill is a function in some computer applications or programs, typically those containing forms, which fills in a field automatically

Argument

Argument a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

Active Cell

Active Cell A spreadsheet or table can be divided into cells, which are the points where the rows and columns intersect (creating small squares or cells)

Absolute Cell Reference

Absolute Cell Reference A cell reference in a formula that does not change when the formula is copied elsewhere. It absolutely always stays the same. Usually has $ sign in front of the row and column references. 

XML Paper Specification (XPS)

XML Paper Specification is a specification for a page description language and a fixed-document format originally developed by Microsoft as XML Paper Specification (XPS) that was later standardized by Ecma International as international standard ECMA-388.

Word Processor

Word Processor A dedicated computer or program for storing, manipulating, and formatting text entered from a keyboard and providing a printout

Thumbnails

Thumbnails A small picture of an image or page layout

Text box

Text box are always single-line boxes that allow the respondent to type in an answer. The length of a text box is given in characters. Though the size of the actual box is limited, the respondent can enter in any number of characters. For example, this is a text box with a width of 30

Style

Style A distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed

Splitting Cells

Splitting Cells  is the process by which you allow your cells to multiply by separating them (splitting) into different culture flasks.

Soft Copy

Soft Copy is an electronic copy of some type of data, such as a file viewed on a computer's display or transmitted as an e-mail attachment.

Sizing Handles

Sizing Handles They allow you to change the size of an item, such as a graphic. They appear at the four corners and at the halfway point of the 4 sides. When you put the mouse over them you can drag to change the size of the item.

Section Break

Section Break A special character that terminates a section and acts as a repository for the properties of the specified section

Read-Only Document

Read-Only Document a file that you can read but cannot change

Quick Tables

Quick Tables allow you to produce simple tables on select variables from this data collection. Users who would like to analyze different variables or conduct different analyses can do so with our Online Analysis System.

Print Queue

Print Queue A series of print jobs waiting to use a printer

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Portable Document Format is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.Adobe Systems Incorporated